Fish-hook holder.



PATENTED OCT 20, 1903..

B. W. KURTZ, SR. FISH HUOK HOLDER.

' -APPLIOATION FILED Jlmma, 190a N0 MODEL.

Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD WV. KURTZ, SRJ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FESH'HOOK. HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 12,0 10, datedOctober 20, 1903.

Application filed June 16,1908. Serial No. 161,643. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, EDWARD W. KURTZ, Six, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Hook Holders; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fishing-tackle hold ers, and more particularlyto that class designed for holding fish-hooks with catgut attachedthereto.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will be of simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensiveconstruction,which will be neat in design and convenient in use, andwhich will effectively hold the catgut stretched and in the propershape.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the casing of theholder, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same,showing the casing open. Fig. 3 is-a longitudinal sectional View throughthe device. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional view through the device,showing the casin g closed. Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view lookingin the opposite direction and showing the easing opened.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes a suitable casing,preferably tubular in form, having an open end 2, a closed end 3, and alongitudinal opening t in the side of the same. The openingeis adaptedto be closed by a rotary sliding cover or door 5,which is disposedwithin the casing 1. One end 6 of said cover abuts against the closedend 3 of the easing and acts as a bearing,and the opposite end 7 of thecover closes the open end 2 of the easing. The ends of the casing andthe cover are knurled, as shown at 8, to prevent the cover being removedfrom the casing, and the end 7 of the cover is provided with a knob 9 toenable the cover to be readily turned. Nithin the casing is revolublymounted a holder 10, consisting of a shaft 11, formed at one end with acylindrical block or head 12 and adjacent to its opposite end with aseries of disks 13. The ends of said shaft are journaled, byineans ofpins orstuds 14, in the closed end 3 of the casing and the end 7 of thecover, so as to permit said shaft to be readily revolved. The disks 13,of which any.

number may be used, are graduated in size to accommodate catgut ofdifierent lengths, as illustrated in the drawings. Each disk is dishedor hollowed, as shown at 15, and provided around its periphery with theslits or notches 16, in which the catgut upon the fishhooks is inserted.The block or head 12 is provided adjacent to its periphery or outersurface with a series of longitudinal bores 17, in which coil-springs 18are secured. The hooks or eyes upon the inner ends of said springs areadapted to be engaged by the fish-hooks, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings.

In using the device the cover 5 is turned so as to uncover the opening4: in the casing and expose the holder 10, which may then be revolved tobring any portion of the same into the opening 4. In securing the hooksto the holder the hook is first engaged with one of the coil-springs 18,and the catgut upon the same is stretched and inserted in one of theslits or notches 16 in one of the disks 13. The loop or eye upon the endof the catgut will engage with the flange formed by dishing the portion15 of the disk, and casual disengagement of the gut is thus prevented.The springs 18 will keep the catgut stretched taut,but will yieldsufficiently when the fish-hook is removed from the holder to permit theloop or eye upon the gut to be disengaged from the disk.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the class described, comprising a shaft having a diskprovided with fishhook-engaging means, and a disk, spaced from thefirst-mentioned disk and having Snell-engaging means.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a shaft having a disk atone end provided with fish-hook-engaging means, and a plurality ofspaced disks of varying diameters at the opposite end provided withsmell-engaging means.

3. A device for holding fish-hooks, comprisin g a suitable casing, arevoluble shai" t moun ted therein, a disk upon one end of said shaftprovided With slits or notches in its periphery, a head upon theopposite end of said shaft provided With longitudinal bores, and springsmounted in said bores, substantially as described.

4. A device for holding fish-hooks, compris- 1 ing a suitable casing, arevoluble shaft journaled in said casing, a plurality of graduated disksadjacent to one end of said shaft, said disks being notched or slittedand dished to form an annular flange, a head upon the 0p posite end ofsaid shaft provided with a plurality of bores, and coil-springs securedin said bores, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with atubular casing having a rotary sliding cover, of a revoluble fishhookholder mounted therein and means upon said holder for stretching thecatgut attached to the fish-hooks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD W. KURTZ, SR.

.Vitnesses:

CHARLES L. KLINE, FRED NIEMANN.

